Presidential straw poll - September 2019

[Alma]

Same as last time. Who and, if you want, why.

 

[Songbird]

Gregg Popovich.

 

[Regan MacNeil]

Warren. I like her policies, and unlike Bernie, her supporters don't make me want to jump off a building.

 

[Inky_Wretch]

ABT

 

[swingline]

Pete Buttigieg. He’s the right age — not in his 70s — and he has enough pragmatism and progressivism to appeal to a broad swath of voters. I don’t care who he has sex with, as long as it isn’t children. I’m looking at you, GOP.

He seems moral and ethical. He has the military background, which doesn’t matter to me but does to some. He’s sane. He’s sane.

He won’t get the nomination, but he’d be a great candidate in 2028. By then, more of the Trump-voting Republicans will be dead and millennials will be the majority, and they definitely don’t give a **** about sexual orientation.

I want someone who, statistically, isn’t likely to die in office. Warren, Biden and Sanders don’t fit that bill.

 

[DanOregon]

I think Biden is getting a lot of votes that would normally be "undecided" and he also benefits from those who might not normally be voting in a Dem primary. While Bernie and Warren have the support of the 24/7 engaged Dem voters - I do wish there would be more discussion of "who would be the best President."

 

[Deskgrunt50]

Still Pete for me but seemingly going to end up with Biden or Warren. And I’ll happily give them my vote.

 

[Moderator1]

I'm starting to think Warren gets the nomination and, even though she breaks my age rule, I'm fine with that. The Mayor remains my first choice but I'll stick to my Warren-Buttigieg-Harris triple. Any two in any order and I'm OK with the ticket.

Still convinced it doesn't matter, that we're doomed for another term of Trump. I would very much love to be wrong. But the clown who claims an 88 percent increase in his IRA isn't the only Trump supporter I've seen who is too stupid to see through the charade. I still haven't heard a Trump diehard say, "Wow, was I ever wrong."

 

[heyabbott]

Gregg Popovich.

Because an accomplished arrogant asshole is better than no asshole at all

 

[Della9250]

I'm starting to think Warren gets the nomination and, even though she breaks my age rule, I'm fine with that. The Mayor remains my first choice but I'll stick to my Warren-Buttigieg-Harris triple. Any two in any order and I'm OK with the ticket.

Still convinced it doesn't matter, that we're doomed for another term of Trump. I would very much love to be wrong. But the clown who claims an 88 percent increase in his IRA isn't the only Trump supporter I've seen who is too stupid to see through the charade. I still haven't heard a Trump diehard say, "Wow, was I ever wrong."

I've heard one say it, and they said it early on. One more than I expected

 

[Regan MacNeil]

The Trump diehards aren't the ones you're trying to convince. They're only 30 percent of the electorate and they're gone anyway.

 

[Corky Ramirez up on 94th St.]

Is it safe to assume that whoever the top pick is, they would use one from the next tier to be VP? Like Warren-Buttigieg, or something of that combination?

 

[Regan MacNeil]

Warren probably needs to go pragmatic with her second pick. So either Mayor Pete or Beto, I would think. A white male whose views don't alienate the less-liberal democrats. Or maybe Cory Booker.

 

[swingline]

Is it safe to assume that whoever the top pick is, they would use one from the next tier to be VP? Like Warren-Buttigieg, or something of that combination?

I think that would be a bad play for Buttigieg, because when was the last time a VP was elected following his president? Answer, never. He's a much better candidate in 2028 than taking a VP spot if it's offered to him.

I don't see this country electing another black president in a long while, so it would make sense for Harris or Booker to accept a VP spot. With the old farts at the top of the ticket, that might be their best shot at gaining the presidency.

 

[Regan MacNeil]

I think that would be a bad play for Buttigieg, because when was the last time a VP was elected following his president? Answer, never. He's a much better candidate in 2028 than taking a VP spot if it's offered to him.

I don't see this country electing another black president in a long while, so it would make sense for Harris or Booker to accept a VP spot. With the old farts at the top of the ticket, that might be their best shot at gaining the presidency.

George HW Bush.

 

[CD Boogie]

George HW Bush.

Al Gore

/we wuz robbed!

 

[swingline]

George HW Bush.

Read my lips: ********!

 

[Della9250]

I think that would be a bad play for Buttigieg, because when was the last time a VP was elected following his president? Answer, never. He's a much better candidate in 2028 than taking a VP spot if it's offered to him.

George H.W. Bush says hello

 

[Driftwood]

Fox came out with a poll today that had Trump losing to Biden, Bernie, and Warren and a dead heat with Harris.
I expect a tweet storm most any time.

 

[amraeder]

I think that would be a bad play for Buttigieg, because when was the last time a VP was elected following his president? Answer, never. He's a much better candidate in 2028 than taking a VP spot if it's offered to him.

I don't see this country electing another black president in a long while, so it would make sense for Harris or Booker to accept a VP spot. With the old farts at the top of the ticket, that might be their best shot at gaining the presidency.

What's next if Buttigieg's career if not VP?
Cabinet?
Mayor of SB for all eternity?
Given how red the state is, I assume Senate or Governor in Indiana is a super long shot....